Sulochana ( hi, सुलोचना, "one with beautiful eyes") is a popular Indian feminine
given name
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People
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Sulochana Brahaspati
Sulochana Brahaspati (born 1937, in Allahabad) is one of the noted vocalist of Hindustani classical music.
In 1994, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists, given by the Sangee ...
(born 1937), Indian vocalist of Hindustani classical music
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Sulochana Chavan
Sulochana Kadam (13 March 1933 – 10 December 2022), better known as Sulochana Chavan, was an Indian singer who was known for her lavanis in Marathi.
Amongst various others, her famous lavanis included "Tuzhya Usala Laagal Kolha", "Padarawar ...
(1933–2022), Marathi singer known for singing lavanis
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Sulochana Gadgil
Sulochana Gadgil is an Indian meteorologist who retired as Professor from the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (CAOS) in Bangalore, India. She has studied the how and why of monsoon, including farming strategies to cope with rainfa ...
(born 1944), Indian climatologist, mathematician, meteorologist and oceanographer
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Sulochana Latkar (born 1928), actress in Marathi and Hindi cinema, often billed simply as Sulochana
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Sulochana Manandhar
Sulochana Manandhar Dhital () (born 12 March 1955), professionally known as Sulochana, is a Nepali poet, writer, columnist and political activist. She writes poems in Nepali, Nepalbhasa and Chinese. She served as the Founding Chairman of the Mot ...
(born 1955),
Nepali
Nepali or Nepalese may refer to :
Concerning Nepal
* Anything of, from, or related to Nepal
* Nepali people, citizens of Nepal
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poet, writer, columnist and political activist
* Sulochana, stage name of
Ruby Myers
Ruby Myers (1907 – 10 October 1983), better known by her stage name Sulochana, was an Indian silent film actress of Jewish ancestry, from the community of Baghdadi Jews in India.
In her heyday she was one of the highest paid actresses of h ...
(1907–1983), Indian silent film star
Films
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''Sati Sulochana'' (1921 film), a silent
Marathi film directed by G.V. Sane
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Sati Sulochana
''Sati Sulochana'' is a 1934 Indian Kannada-language film directed by Y. V. Rao. The film was released on 3 March 1934 and is the first talkie film in Kannada language. '', the first 1934 Kannada-language "talkie", directed by Y. V. Rao
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Sulochana'', Tamil film produced by
Modern Theatres
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''Sati Sulochana'' (1961 film), Telugu film directed by Rajanikanth Sabnavis, starring
N. T. Rama Rao
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''Sati Sulochana'' (1969 film), directed by
S. N. Tripathi
Shri Nath Tripathi (14 March 1913 – 28 March 1988) was an Indian composer, whose active years were from the 1930s to the 1980s. Tripathi's multi-faceted work range included being a composer, writer, actor, and director of films. His debut film ...
Others
* ''Sulochana'', an epic poem by Nepali author
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
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Sulochana (''Ramayana''), the daughter of Shesha, married to Indrajit, in the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''
* Sulochana (सुलोचनः) is one of Vishnu's '1000 names' (see:
Vishnu Sahasranāma)
* Sulochana is the name of
Yakshini from a list of thirty six yakshinis given in the Uddamareshvara Tantra (Sulochana (Beautiful Eyes): She gives Paduka Siddhi, enabling one to travel at great speed through the aethers)
* Sulochana das prabhu was a devotee of
ISKCON who protested against guru
Kirtanananda Swami and promised to kill him for his sins (pedophilia, homosexuality etc), but was killed instead by Tirtha das prabhu, who believed Kirtananda was a saint to be protected.
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